介護 (kaigo)

nursing

  • JLPT N1
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Meaning

介護 (かいご, kaigo) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “nursing”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 11

通信講座で介護の勉強しようと思う。

I'm thinking of [planning on] taking a nursing course from home.

目下寝たきりの母の介護で、外出どころではないんです。

Right now I'm taking care of my bed-ridden mother, so I simply don't have time to leave the house.

法律によると、介護保険は適切な医療および福祉サービスが受けられるようにすることを目的としています。

According to the law, the purpose of insurance for care of the elderly is to make appropriate medical and welfare services accessible.

高齢化が進むにつれ、認知症老人の介護が問題になっているが、これからは、介護のこともさることながらぼけをいかに予防するかがさらに重要だ。

As the population has aged, the care of senile seniors has become a problem. It is true that from now on care will be an important issue (literally: care is so, too), but the question of how to prevent people from becoming senile is more important.